This is the story of a girl 
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world 
And while she looks so sad in photographs 
I absolutely love her 
When she smiles 

How many days in a year 
She woke up with hope but she only found tears? 
I can be so insincere 
Making the promises never for real 
As long as she stands there waiting 
Wearing the holes in the souls of her shoes 
How many days disappear? 
You look in the mirror so how do you choose? 

And the clothes that you wear 
Look swell the next day 
Your hair never falls in quite the same way 
You never seem [bad word] out of things to say 

This is the story of a girl 
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world 
And while she looks so sad in photographs 
I absolutely love her 
When she smiles 

How many lovers would stay? 
Just to put up with this [bad word] day after day 
How did we wind up this way? 
Watching our mouths for the words that we say 
As long as we stand here waiting 
Wearing the clothes on the souls of our shoes 
How do we get there today? 
When we're walking too far for the price of her shoes 

And the clothes that you wear 
Look swell the next day 
Your hair never falls in quite the same way 
You never seem [bad word] out of things to say 

This is the story of a girl 
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world 
And while she looks so sad and lonely there 
I absolutely love her 
When she smiles 

And the clothes that you wear 
Look swell the next day 
Your hair never falls in quite the same way 
You never seem [bad word] out of things to say 

This is the story of a girl 
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world 
And while she looks so sad in photographs 
I absolutely love her 

This is the story of a girl 
Her pretty face she hid from the world 
And while she looks so sad and lonely there 
I absolutely love her 

This is the story of a girl 
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world 
And while she looks so sad in photographs 
I absolutely love her 
When she smiles 
When she smiles